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WILLIS M. CARTER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR'TO THE CABTER-LUDWIG COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORA- TION OFNEW JERSEY.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIS M. CARTER, .a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Jersey City, in the county ofv Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible.Display Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collapsible display devices and has for itsobject to provide a device of the character specified of simple andrigid construction and which may be folded into compact form forstacking and shipping.

With these ends in view my improvements comprise features illustrated intheir preferred embodiment in the drawing accompanying thisspecification, wherein Figure l is a front perspective view of myimproved device in display position. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary rearperspective view showing some details of construction. Fig. 3 is afragmentary edge view showing the device in collapsed condition. Fig. 4is a perspective view similar to that of Fig. 1, showing a modified formof my improvements. Figs. 1, 2 and 4 are to one scale and Fig. 3 is to ascale about twice that of the other figures.

My improved device is illustrated as representing a plurality ofarticles or boxes stacked in a plurality of piles, the ends of thearticles or boxes in one vertical pile interlockinv between similar endsof the boxes in an acjacent pile, all having much the appearance of thewell known snake fence.

For convenience, I have illustrated my improved device as comprisingfive vertical piles of elements but it will be obvious that a greater orless number ofsuch piles may be employed.

Each article or box element may be represented in perspective by meansof lines, as 7, 8, 9, on those boxes in piles 2, 3, 5 and 6, and by thesingle horizontal line 7 on those boxes in mid-pile 4.

The end piles 2 and 6 are preferably unitary members, respectively, eachcomprising a. length-wise strip 10 of sheet material, preferably cardboard, having portions, as 2 of pile 2, projecting transverselytherefrom. Those portions of strip 10 between the transverse portions2*, may bear suitable prin d ma r, n t shown. The intermediatepiles, as3, 4 and 5, aremade up of a plurality of units, as 3, and 5 Projectingbackwardly fromthe opposite edges, upper and lower in Figs. 1 and 2, ofportions 2*, and from similar opposite edges of the intermediate units,as 3, 4 and 5 of .piles 3, 4 and .5, respectively, are flanges 11 deviceoccupies a minimum of'space for stacking and shipping.

In the showing of Fig. 4, the lengthwise strips 10 of end plles 2 and 6of Fig. 1, are

carried out to the extreme opposite side, re-

spectively, of said piles and are made to represent in mammoth sizearticles supposed to be contained in the piled boxes, respectively. Forpurposes of illustration, a collapsible tube 10", containing tooth pasteor the like, is represented. Also, if desired, the mid-pile l of Fig. 1may represent an article 4 Fig. 4:, similar to articles 10 of thatfigure. In this case said member 49 is provided with opposite portions 4projecting transversely therefrom, each preferably having upper andlower flanges 11, similar to those in Fig. 1, for articulation withadjoining members of the device. tions 4 may represent ends,respectively, of the boxes of pile i for instance, if desired.

Other modifications within the scope of my invention will be obvious tothose skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. A collapsible display device including in combination a pair ofopposite lengthwise strips of sheet material each having a plurality ofportions projecting transversely therefrom, a flange projectingbackwardly from each upper and lower edge of each transverse portion, aplurality of intermediate units of sheet material each having a flangepr je ti g backwa d y from ea h Said porgig 1,454,038

two opposite edges respectively thereof, a series of aligned holesthrough the flanges of the pair of strips andthrough the flanges of theseveral intermediate units, and pivot rods through said holes wherebythe lengthwise strips and the intermediate units are assembled in anarticulated whole.

2. A collapsible display device including in combination a pair ofopposite lengthwise strips of sheet material each having a plurality ofportions projecting transversely therefrom, a flangeprojectingbackwardly from each upper and lower edge of each transverseportion, a plurality of intermediate units of sheet material each havinga flange pr'ojecting backwardly from each of two opposite edgesrespectively thereof, a series of aligned holes through the flanges ofthe pair ofstrips and through the flanges of theseveral intermediateunits, and pivot rods through said holes whereby the length wise stripsand the intermediate units are assembled in an articulated whole, saidflanges being adapted and arranged for nesting when the device is incollapsed condition.

3. A collapsible display device including in combination a. pair ofopposite lengthwise strips of sheet material each having portionsprojecting transversely therefronr flanges-projecting backwardly fromedges oi? said transverse portions respectively, an 111- termediate unitof sheet material having flanges projecting backwardly therefrom, aseries of aligned holes through said flanges, and pivot rods throughsaid. holes whereby the several members are assembled into anarticulated whole.

In witness whereof, I hereby aflix my nature this20th day of October,1921'.

WILLIS M. CARTER.

